News: tagged with "disease"

Children Need the Right Fuel
"Children need the right fuel to run and jump and play but also, to think", says Dr Kirsty Fairbairn.
Learn more about the important role nutrition plays in the development of healthy minds

Canterbury District Health Board media release: 12th February 2018
Another case of measles has been confirmed in Canterbury with public health officials urging the community to be extra vigilant, and get vaccinated

Christchurch City Council Newsline: 25th January 2018
Christchurch’s drinking water will be temporarily treated with chlorine while work is fast-tracked on improving the security of the city’s well heads

University of Canterbury media release: 20th November 2017
New University of Canterbury research confirms that the active ingredients of the commonly used herbicides, RoundUp, Kamba and 2,4-D (glyphosate, dicamba and 2,4-D, respectively), each alone caus

Canterbury District Health Board media release: 29th September 2015
October is the start of Canterbury’s Legionnaires’ season. Every October the number of people with Legionnaires’ disease begins to climb